Railway-rail joint.



v PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906;

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RAILWAY RAIL JOINTJ APPLICATION PILBQIROV. 16, 190

1 UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE. I I

GEORGE H. GROVE, OF HUMMELSTOWN, EENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patentedlllarch 13,1906.

' ApplicatloxifiledNovmber 16,1905. seriaimzamea' To all whom it may concern/: v

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. .GEovE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iummelstown, in the countyof Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented c'ertain'new and supported as flrmly'and rigidly as the 1 central lportions of the rail. a

er object is to provide means in con-.

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nection with the oi'ntwhereby the ends of the rails-are prevented from becoming worn before the remainder of the rail, thereby preventing the'usual pounding of the car wheels in passing over the joints.

A further object is to provide a rail-joint so arranged that the parts may be. quickly and easily separated to permit the removal of the rails.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel fea-' tures of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the meeting ends of two rails, showing the construction and applica- 4 zontal sectional view taken on tion of the improved joint. Fig. 2 is a horialine with the locking lugs or projections. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. through thefish-plates or splice-bars, taken on a line between the meeting ends of the rails and showing the end' of one rail in full lines.

Fig; 4; is a perspective view of the end of one of the rails, and Fig.

' 5 is a similar View of the two fish-plates or splice-barsi'removed from the rails.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 1 denotes the meeting ends oftwo rails. In the end of the web portion of each of said rail ends is formed a rectangular recess 2, which recesses when the ends of the'rail are brought together will coincide and form a transversely-disposed slot. each of the rail-sections. adjacent to and in line with said recesses 2 is formed a'trans- -verselydisposed rectangular slot 3. In the adapted to be In the web of versely-disposed elongated bolt-holes 4. On-

" webs of the rail ends, are also formed trans one side of eachof said rail ends the head or treadv portion of the same is cut away or reaway portions coincide when the ends of the rails are joined.

.Onone side of the ends of the rails is'.adapt-- ed'to be placed a fish-plate or splice-bar 6, said bar being adapted to engage the side of the web portion of the rail and is provided on its lower edge with an obliquely disp'osed flange 7, adapted to engage the flan es on said rail ends. In the plate 6 is formev a series of rectangular slots 8, which are adapted -cessed, as shown at 5. Said recessed or cutto coincide or aline with the recesses 2 and slots 3, formed intheweb of the. rail end. The I plate 6 is also provided with bolt-holes 9, which are adapted to aline with the bolt-holes 4, formed in'the webs of the rail. On the up per edge of the plate 6 is formed an upwardlyprojecting centrally-disposed lug 10, ada ted to enter the coincident recesses 5 in the ead g or tread portions of said rail ends and forminga solid continuation across the joint be- Q tween the rail ends.

On the opposite sides of the rail ends and in engagement with the web portions thereof is arranged a fish-plate or splice-bar 12. Said bar is provided with an obliquely-disposed flange 13, which projects from the lower edge thereof and is adapted to engage the flanges I I On the inner side of the plate 13 of the rails. is formed a'series of laterally-projecting rectangular lugs 14, adapted to projectthrough the alined recesses and slots in the webs .of

. the rail ends and through-the slots in the fish plate 6 on the opposite side of. the rails, thereby securely holding or lock'ng the rails against vertical or longitudinal movement. In the fish-plate 12 are formed bolt-holes 15, which are adapted to aline with the bolt-holes 4 and 9 in the rail ends and in the opposite fishplate, and through said alining bolt-holes are assed headed bolts 16. Ontheopposite ends of the bolts 16 are adapted to be screwed clamping-nuts 17, whereby the fish-plates are securely sides of the rail ends. It will be observed that the slots 3 formed in the web of the rails are of slightly greater length than the lugs 14 I on the fish-plate 12, also that the bolt-holes 4 .in saidwebs are sli htly'elongated. This construction of the s ots 'and bolt-holes allovilrs for the expansion and contraction of the T911 Sc held in place on the A rail-joint constructed as herein shown and described is strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction, reliable and efficient in use, and may be employed in connection 5 with both electric and steam railway rails to revent the sagging thereof and to securely ock the same together.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

10 the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

, Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be 1 5 resorted to without departing from the princi pie or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, What claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 20 ters Patent, is

A rail-joint comprising two rail ends, the

heads of which are provided with coincident recesses and the Webs of which are provided with recesses 2 in their meeting ends and with openings 3, in combination with fish-plates on the sides of the rail ends, one of said fishplates having an upwardly-extending lug to fill the coincident recesses in the heads of the rails, and further provided with openings to register with the recesses 2 and openings 3, the other fish-plate being provided with lugs to extend through said openings and recesses in the rail-webs and in the first-mentioned fish-plate, and bolts securing said fish-plates to said rails.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. GROVE. Witnesses:

S. A. RAMSAY, J. S. ARNOLD. 

